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Quotes weighing the Bill of Rights as law, legacy and limit.

One quote sets the tone with a memorable image, comparing constitutional protections to a restaurant menu you can't just pick and choose from depending on convenience. Another wonders whether the framers themselves would recognize how it's interpreted now.

Last Updated on Aug 03, 2026

Nov 07, 2020

Without amendments we would never even have had the Bill of Rights.

Quotes by Adrian Cronauer

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Nov 07, 2020

A federal Voters' Bill of Rights could press the states to put non-partisan managers in charge of elections.

Quotes by Adam Cohen

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Nov 07, 2020

The Bill of Rights is not an a la carte menu.

Quotes by John Kennedy

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Nov 07, 2020

I suspect that the framers of the Bill of Rights have long since rolled over in their graves.

Quotes by Jay Parini

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Nov 07, 2020

We have the Bill of Rights. What we need is a Bill of Responsibilities.

Quotes by Bill Maher

There's also a call to balance it with a 'Bill of Responsibilities,' and a reminder that without constitutional amendments, the Bill of Rights might never have existed in the first place.

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